All Ednecki's christmases came at once!!! An oven

An oven, albeit a second hand one was the joy of Ednecki's christmas. She and her family are looking forward to reduced cooking time.... no more squatting over a fire for hours, squinting into the smoke, gathering firewood and waiting for hours for a meal to be cooked. She is especially looking forward to making chocolate cake.... one of the things she has learned to bake and eat and like, here in the Owens house. This oven was made possible for her this christmas because of the generosity of Priscilla Hamilton, my cousin-in-law who has a heart for the plight of African women and the conditions that they work in. Hopefully, she and Ednecki will get to meet one day!!

We were also able to give Ednecki a full gas bottle which would normally cost around $90 and the gas should last her for at least 3 months. Her brother has a pick up and will be able to help with refills. Like most ovens here in Africa... there are no temperature gauges so cooking times and temperatures are a matter of trial and error. This little oven, however, cooks fast and well. Bread is finished within 15 mins.... although foil is needed for the top to stop it burning. Ednecki can't wait to use it. We gave her cooking pans and all the ingredients to make her first chocolate cake. She was planning to make this for Christmas for her family.

Thank goodness for our hardy Surf that enables us to transport large items and people out in the bush.

Take a look at the pics below and of the following post about Silas' windows to see the joy brought to people's lives because of my generous family.....(windows courtesy of Bonnie and Paul)..

David and Silas load the oven into the Surf.....


David and Silas carry the oven into her house under Ednecki's watchful eye.....


Ednecki placed the oven temporarily behind the door in her mud hut to be moved later and attached to the gas bottle by her husband .......


Ednecki happily poses with her new oven while Lily her adopted child looks on.